The thing that saddens me is how self-aware Michael is of his situation: he knows he’s different, but being different is all he knows.

MJ was honestly a genuinely a very sweet, humble, kind, caring, sensitive, sentimental, giving Man. I just don’t understand why anyone would want to hurt such a beautiful soul like MJ ??? !!! He didn’t deserve any of it ! He was too good for this Fallen World! 💔😔

"When thousands of fans shout, greeting you, declaring their love - at the same time, something inside you shrinks from loneliness ..." Michael Jackson

I can see why he had such a connection to children, it’s because they’re the only ones that made him feel like a human being. They’re the only sense of reality he had outside of fame. So, so very sad! RIP

Makes sense. If you have no privacy, privacy becomes the most important thing in the world after family.

I read his book, & in his words when it even came to dating: “Sometimes it's hard for me to look my dates in the eye even if I know them well. My dating and relationships with girls have not had the happy ending I've been looking for. Something always seems to get in the way. The things I share with millions of people aren't the sort of things you share with one. Many girls want to know what makes me tick - why I live the way I live or do the things I do - trying to get inside my head. _They want to rescue me from loneliness, but they do it in such a way that they give me the impression they want to share my loneliness, which I wouldn't wish on anybody, because I believe I'm one of the loneliest people in the world.”_

people failed to protect michael, he was such an amazing person.

"i used to walk the streets, to look for people to talk to" is what broke me.

Say what you want about Michael but one thing you can't say is that this man was not very WISE. Amazing perspective, deep understanding, and gems of wisdom. He speaks so eloquently with great storytelling and one can really understand easily what he is trying to convey with his words. He deserved so much better. He is an icon and a great influence to look up to.

This video makes me very sad. I hate to think that Michael was lonely even for a second. It breaks my heart. He deserved so much better in life. How can there be so many millions of people around the world who loved Michael, yet so few in his life who genuinely friended him. He gave so much, but because of his popularity and how people would react to him, he couldn't enjoy everyday things we take for granted. He was the victim of so many attacks against his character & integrity, however I have never seen even an instant where he didn't act with kindness, humility, and appreciation. He is truly a remarkable human being.

There are moments where I just sit back and cry not just because I feel bad for the obstacles Michael had to endure, but because I can relate to his situation. Although the circumstances are different, I know what it’s like to be alienated and ostracized because I’ve dealt with that for nearly all of my life. I know Michael's pain.

I may not know what it’s like to be famous, but I understand what it’s like to be different and to be isolated from society because of it. I’m so lonely and I crave connection but it’s so hard when everybody is so quick to judge.

I always feel some pain when watching Michael's performances, even as a child. Behind all the shows, smiles and fame was an unimaginable amount of suffering and exploitation that went on throughout his life. So many failed him, and even his life was forcefully and cruelly ripped from him in the end.

I'll never forget how people treated Michael Jackson, to his loyal fans out there, you were the only thing the kept him going.

I got a sense of this a lot through his music. When you have that level of fame and attention, it’s hard to find people to relate to that aren’t in awe of you and your talent.

"they're playing my songs, like I wanna hear my own music" So humble

he said in a interview he would sit at home at the height of the thriller era & just cry from loneliness. like his brother marlon said, i hope now he has peace

"Leave me alone" - Michael Jackson

Micheal wasn’t able to live that kind of life, he wanted, being famous isolated him and made him a total recluse, he trusted very few people in his life.

Michael taught me at a young age that FAME can be the most rewarding and unrewarding experience a person can go through.

Not everyone can take the fame pill and survive in show biz. You have to have a humble mindset, a trusted inner circle, and the will power to remain grounded. MJ handled it better than most celebrities, but even he was victim to loneliness, manipulation and trusting the wrong people. I do wish he got some therapy to deal with the price of fame. Great video from the detail. Long live the king of pop. 🎉

Michael Jackson deserves the utmost respect. He was a very sensitive intelligent person and being such a global artist with a unique talent he certainly had to face the good and the bad side of the world . He certainly became the target of greedy people , of jealousy in music business and of mean tabloids in spite of his great humanitarian heart and generosity . As he often said: good news don t sell, tabloids want bad news and they even " invent them" just for scoop!

These kinds of stories are why I have vowed that I would always treat celebrities like anyone else if I ever met or interacted with one. Be courteous, but not invasive. It might be two of the greatest gifts we can give: privacy and space. Celebrities are people too.

It is really cute, what his friend did for him, with the shopping mall. I nearly teared up, watching him have his fun. 😅❤️He is such a child at heart, riding the cart.

MJ is just so precious to me 🥹 I've loved him my whole life. All he wanted was love and some sense of normalcy. He didn't deserve all the negativity and hate he received. He's Resting In Paradise now ❤🕊

No one and I mean no one will be able to understand what this man had to deal with. What his life was like. The world killed this kind man. Can you imagine from the age of 5 to 50 what this man's life was like? My brain can't comprehend it. Such a humble, gentle soul with talent like we have never seen. All he did was give and the world took from him piece by piece until he was broken and there was nothing left. He was a product and not a human being in people's eyes. Michael - we miss you, thank you and love you. Rest in peace.

We are his fans, we love him endlessly but i understand the fact that despite the hundreds of millions of fans that we are, none of us can identify to him because none of us can understand what he got through, the physical & moral violence every single day during the rehearsals during his Jackson 5 career were extremely difficult... Love you Mike...😥😥🙏🏿🙏🏿

I'm now 67 years old/young. I remember the 1st time I heard " I Want You Back " on the radio. I fell in love instantly with The Jackson 5, at the time, it wasn't about Michael Jackson, but the entire group and their style and sound. Of course as they grew older the rumors started about Michael. I know that he was a child star, growing up in the spot light. He had no privacy, I can't imagine that. Everyone needs some alone time, personal time to reflect, and...

I hate how all the interviewers give him zero respect whatsoever. Michael went through one of the worst lives ever, and he was still the most humble, kindest, innocent, honest, and genuine down to earth human to have ever lived. I miss him with all I am, but I am so glad he is in a much better place. This cruel world did not deserve him.

The world wasnot kind to Michael & he said it best, the bigger the star the bigger the target. When you are climbing that ladder or moutain, everyone is cheering you on and rooting for you but the minute you reach the very top, they want to see you fall or jump. This is how society is. They love you and they hate you but when you die, they love you again..

Michael really seemed to mean it when saying that he was no different or better than anyone else. He knew he had talent and it was wonderful to see and hear, but he was another person in the world. I admire his humility.

I just love hearing Michael explain things. It shows you how normal and human he was. Just lived such a famous and hectic life that he couldn’t enjoy normalcy for very long. But when he spoke about it you understand him and what he goes through even more. You generate more respect for him. Miss You Michael Jackson everyday. We all do.

it's weird how people go that crazy for a celebrity. i get it to a certain degree but to intrude in his personal space like that is wrong.

That's the reality of being an All-star. Michael's the most straightforward and honest person i've ever known.

"I used to walk the streets looking for people to talk to i was so lonely". That rips my heart out.

I swear to God every time I listen to Michael speak about his issues I want to go through the screen and give him a big hug.

and people still dont understand why he hung out with kids most of the times, they are the only ones who treated him as a person not as a personality

This video broke me. I was eating and I didn’t feel like eating anymore. It’s so sad to know how he felt 😔 The press and media made him sick. I always believed he is still alive and this video proves the point that he would really pretend his death just to have a “normal” life like he wanted. Great Michael! 😢🩷

What a pleasant voice Michael has!

Michael Jackson is hands down one of the strongest, most courageous people who ever lived. He suffered so horrifically and was persecuted on so many levels. I wish there were strict rules in place for the paparazzi and even the fans. I feel horrible watching this. Any time I see a celebrity, and it’s never been MJ, I pretend I have not seen them. They are human beings with the same rights as everyone else. We need laws, stringent laws. They did the same thing to Princess Diana and Britney Spears. How can anyone survive that?!? It’s enough to drive a perfectly normal person to rage, severe depression, anxiety, and deep, deep loneliness. Very wrong.

I don't know who said it, but stated it accurately: By far, Michael Jackson paid the highest price for fame.

He's such an amazing, sweet man. I would be freaking out if someone took my picture without asking me. He understood his role and took it seriously. I respect that so much. ❤ ❤❤

He was such a sweet soul. There's never been another celebrity like him, ever.

I'm so sorry you had to through this. RIP Michael

Our little Michael was so human .

Family friends love ones are killing each other for the greed of money in America...They tried that with M.J and failed..This guy was one of the humbled kindest loving empathize human being in the world....He will always be loved...Rest in gentle peace dear one..🕊💖

It’s really sad that Micheal had to go through that his whole life 😔

Poor Michael he wanted to be treated like the rest. He deserved love because he was truly an angel. I love you so much and i'm really sorry we couldn't save you.

Anytime someone is like “michael jackson was so weird why would you build an amusement park at your house” i’m always just like why WOULDN’T you build an amusement park at your house

This really hit home how hard life must have been for him at the same time as being amazing.

The paradox is that the worldwide love, the love of millions of people for Michael formed a deep, bottomless loneliness of the greatest artist on the planet!

I can relate to Michael , I hate it when people don't want accept you and understand who you really are, they always think something is wrong with you and that always annoys me.

That's why I feel its important to have a person you can count on and talk to when you are lonely cause we all have those moments and its sad bro. Sending all my love, care, and support to Michael Jackson 💕

I'm crying right now. 😢 He made the ultimate sacrifice.

He always seemed very honest with his answers

I truly wonder how Mike felt deep inside about having vitiligo. Imagine already having a very unnormal life, people already seeing you as different or weird. Then bam, you’re diagnosed with the rarest disease at the time and the world witnessing for the first time ever someone completely change their skin color. It had to be a moment of “you’ve got to be kidding me” at some point in mikes mind. I wonder how he was able to switch his mindset towards “use it as power” I hope the movie covers this extensively. He had so many deeply painful eras and had to push through. He never had a chance to just feel normal. I think that’s why his children were so important in his life. They probably gave him the normalcy he truly needed.

God bless and first of all , Michael May you be at peace now. Thank you for your music and thank you for the person that you were while being here on earth. Thank you for having a big heart of gold , your compassion for the least fortunate. Thank you for your love, your understanding, and your time, your donations, gifts and more than you’ve given to many, many children, hospitals, and so forth! What a great , wonderful, kind, good- hearted, compassonate, human- being. Gone, but not forgotten. 😢

He did changed the game in pop culture for example the post- Beatles can still go places and do simple things but Mike couldn't even go to a bodega or supermarket to shop. His price of fame was way bigger than Elvis and The Beatles so, let his legacy continue in a positive light. RIP Michael Jackson

When you watch him speaking you miss him being here on earth. Happy he's in a better place now from all the hurt he dealt with ❤🙏

SO SAD that Michael had to go through so much just to experience the simple act of walking through a grocery store. He wanted to experience something all of us never give any thought to. He was such a lovely human being. He was so misunderstood

I feel for him.

Listening to him talk about loneliness makes me so sad for him . He deserved so much better .

This made me really sad 😔 I feel so sorry for him 😢 Rest in peace 🙏 king 🤴

The more I read and watch about Michael Jacksons' artistic-and-tragic life, the more my appreciation and love for this human person becomes. In this video he shows again his very wise side of his complex but totally understandable and comprehensable personalitity which is always very consistent in all what he says and does. Even his dance-patterns/manners reveals his real personality as somewhere a warrior against a lot of injustice. He becamed the victim of this most terrible injustice. Rest in Peace, Michael. And see you, one day, in Heaven.

Michael was very popular, from childhood to adulthood, and a beautiful human being inside and out, I don't blame him for disquising himself, the crowd gets too wild, it's a good thing, and can be dangerous too. ❤😊.

Thank you to coming and visit us on earth beautiful soul. The world was better with you and with your music. God bless you.

These videos are so well produced and the editing and clip finding is crazy. I love this channel and its great to have this content and perspective from different point of view. GREAT WORK! all around!!

I miss sharing the world with Michael Jackson. I miss him and love him always. His at peace now RIP Michael Jackson 🙏❤️

My MJ Encounter: On November 19, 1996, I was 16 years old, and a fan of MJ since BAD 1987. That day my brother and I decided to skip school and travel by train to Brisbane, (Australia) to see Michael arrive at his hotel, The Heritage (now known as the Stamford). MJ was in Australia as part of the world tour for HIStory. So we got on the school bus in our normal clothes, and everyone was in uniform wondering what was going on. 'We're not going to school' we said, 'we're going to see Michael Jackson!' I'm sure they were jealous! So we arrived in Brisbane after an hour plus train ride and made our way to the Heritage. Fans were already amassing outside the gates of the hotel. Mainly young women with signs, singing his songs. The tour was big news and camera crews were there (MJ had married Debbie Rowe in Sydney only days earlier, which was world-wide-news). Now this is all before the internet, so we fans had to glean from the newspaper or tv when MJ would be arriving. It was around 11 or so in the morning when he was expected to be there. He was flying up from Sydney (a storm the previous evening had led MJ to cancel his flight). Now the fans were ten or so deep against the fence, and I knew that if I stood there with everyone else, I wouldn't be able to see much. But I thought to myself: "MJ's car is going to have to come in from here, so if I actually stand back, I'll be able to run to the car before anyone else". And sure enough, I was right! I could see down the street a police escort, and a red Toyota Tarago van, which I knew MJ was in. As the car pulled up, I immediately ran to the van and started banging on the window! For before me sat Michael Jackson: Black Fedora Cap; Aviator sunglasses; a red shirt, black curly hair over his face, and a big smile on his lips. I guess he liked me making so much noise banging on the window! For me, it was like time slowed right down, and I had this moment of insight: Michael Jackson is just a human being. And he has suffered so much. I felt for him and the Chandler allegations he had gone through, and I was happy that he had been through the fire and come out the other side. And that he was smiling again! At that moment a security guard appeared and pushed me back away from the car, the gates swung open, the crowd surged, and the car went into the hotel. That night I saw myself, from various angles, on the news ; the footage of my MJ encounter preserved for all time. Two days later I saw MJ in concert: a dream come true. But as great as the concert was, I'll never forget when I was up close with MJ.I'm glad that God gave me that moment, and I'm glad that in MJ's life, which included so much pain, I brought a smile to his face.

I wonder if any of his fans ever took the time to stop, sit back, compose themselves and realize "Am I helping or hurting MJ's situation cheering and screaming at him rather than being quiet, give him the platform to speak and realize that he is a human being and to talk to him on a down to Earth level looking past MJ as a celebrity, but as a person/human being."

I love how they closed the store and simulated a real shopping environment just for him…such a genuine soul

He never forget where he came from, but he wasn't allowed to go there anymore. The level of his fame and alienation from the "regular" world were unprecedented. I think we can only try to imagine what this meant for him 😶

I have no idea what being this famous felt like, but I can feel the loneliness expressed by Michael. He seemed like an incredibly shy and lonely person. I hope he is now resting in peace.

Michael held a special place in my childhood. I really wish I could have met him, not just casually, but in a way where we could truly hang out and have genuine conversations. I see him as a beautifully misunderstood soul.

That’s true, the Bigger the celebrity the Bigger the Target.

Even with that extreme succes and being the most powerfull music mogul in the 80s (after buying for instance The Beatles catalogus), he still proceeds to be a very normal person with a lot of depth. He can distance his ego and extreme succes, while your college friend gets a degree and thinks everybody else is a peasant.

Love you forever Michael ❤️😇❤️

It was his level of celebrity. The only others that came close were Elvis or maybe the Beatles. But not really. He was revered by the entire world.

There just isn’t anyone on the planet that will ever have the scale of fame as MJ did. He was literally the last of the great Superstars. Without a doubt the most famous person on earth. In a way it’s good no one has this today because it must be complete hell.

Funny seeing Michael Jackson go grocery shopping but sad that he can’t do that without being mobbed by people.

Beautiful man, beautiful humanity, thankful and humble

Гениальный,одинокий Король!!Тяжелая была у него жизнь!Им пользовались, его предавали.Я бы не хотела прожить его жизнь.Покойся с миром,Майкл.❤😢❤😢

Becoming a nobody, an anonymous person, is actually a gift. I used to be known in my old town, and online. Then, certain circumstances required me to hide, become anonymous and move city. I haven't had social media in almost 10 years, and I have never felt so free. To exist amongst people, and not be recognized, to have that privacy, is truly priceless. I feel so sorry for Michael, that he never got to experience that true peace of mind. If only they could set up a life for him where he got to experience an anonymous and silent existence for a day or two a week, somewhere in the world where he isn't known. Or, give him heavy prosthetics so he could wander around town, unrecognized. The grocery store was a great idea, it could have been done more often, and perhaps pay real customers who enter to not speak to or look at him while he is there. That would have made this burden a little lighter for him maybe. The poor man never knew what it is like to be human. He was an insanely gifted man with so much trauma, but his fame was his real curse.

I would have loved to be MJ's friend. Keep resting King ❤ We miss you

this why i always think its better to be just rich instead of famous

He innocent, spritualis, generouse and kindness, MJ is angel. RIP…

Their never be another star or person like Michael Jackson 🙏

The world did not deserve a person like Michael Jackson. May God have in his glory the greatest musical artist who passed through this world.

This man was a treasure who was so famous too famous for his own good he gave So many people hope. This was the biggest superstar in our lifetime. When he created his own space to be himself and invited small children with innocent views and wanted to just have them enjoy their child hood and live through them…. They called him a pervert and weird… so many people tried to get money off of him accusing him of being a pervert. In my heart I know he was a genuine man with so much love he wanted to give to the world I see the good in him. So many people who lied on him have been proven wrong time and time again… people still want to believe the worst. It’s sad. Truly sad. Let this man rest in peace!!!!!!! In heaven…

I am quite compassionate to loneliness. I’m a Virgo too and we can feel misunderstood. I feel like him feeling misunderstood made him not trust people. I heard the recordings of him and the lady that acted like his friend and I didn’t feel like he trusted her. Lastly, Michael being a humanitarian towards other countries and him having to hide in Moscow from the US government was ridiculous .

Rest in peace 🙏 miss you

I would have loved to be his friend. I don't want fame and just enough money for comfort. I just want my kids and my immediate family and close friends. Michael was an angel. What a lovely person.

Amazing that he had such a humble attitude considering his level of fame.

It was the price the system exacted from him, taking away his own privacy and freedom. This made him a lonely person despite being surrounded by thousands of people.

I miss him. So sad to watch this. All those things he never got to experience, random chats with strangers, having a moan with a friend at work, chilling out at the park for a picnic on a summer day, meeting up with friends and people watching over a glass of wine, browsing the markets. That must have been absolute hell for him yet he consistently focused on bringing joy. I miss you Michael 😢 you were treated terribly

I worked for 7 years to one of the best rated airlines in the world, travelling all over the world. Which I would not name, people would take pictures of me, without asking, same they did with my colleagues, inside the plane, in the airport, at the hotel lobby, people would just ask to take a photo with me or even take it without me saying yes. My hotel room was my refuge, most times I was so tired of seeing people I wouldn’t even leave the hotel , I never felt so lonely as I did when I was a flight attendant for that well known airline. And one of my colleagues actually has a photo with Michael wearing her red hat. It’s such a cool photo, but Michael always admired flight attendants so he was nice to us, although I never had the luck to have him on any of my flights. Had some celebs who were so rude, that I would delete their songs from my iPod after landing lol. You’re at peace now Michael, we are the ones we still have years to live on this nasty horrible world that changed so much since you been gone. Much love to everyone and keep in mind the children suffering during these times because of war. We can’t heal the world, it’s beyond repair. Too late now.

Não consigo assistir sem chorar 😢 ele merecia todo o amor ❤

Он заплатил Огромную цену за свою невообразимую славу. Его величие в том, что он с достоинством короля пронес свой талант сквозь все взлеты и падения. Величайшая персона несомненно.

I fell into "the Jacksons rabbit hole" after seeing a report about allegations against Jermaine Jackson in the news a few months ago, I then looked up some of Jermaine Jackson's music, then found "Let's be young tonight" and fell in love with the Jackson 5's 1970's disco music. Obviously, I already knew their later works but wasn't as familiar with the works like "Dancing Machine" and I became curious to Micheal and just realised how sad his life must've beeb in a lot of ways. His autopsy report is mentioned on Wikipedia and it's mentioned how his scalp and lips were tattooed and how he had severe burn scarring and was bald since 1984. Not only did nobody know the real person, nobody other than him (and maybe a select few people) even knew how he really looked like. It seems really sad how fame destroyed his personal life and he could never just be viewed as a normal person by anyone. He lived a really sad life and could never just comfortable be himself around anyone, well other than the people he left in his will. This is why he didn't include even his siblings and father in it, because not even they saw him as a normal human being.

No matter what people say I think he was an incredible incredible artist and being that famous must come with so many tribulations I empathise for him. I think he was a sweet soul who really understood the troubles and sorrows of the world and communicated it well.